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L. DOWNEND. COMBINATION TOOL.

No.. 426,409. Patented Apr. 22, 1890.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANKLIN L. DOWVNEND, OF HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA, CANADA, ASSIGNOR TO CHARLES FRANKLIN MOTT, OF SAME PLACE.

COMBINATION-TOOL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 426,409, dated April 22, 1890.

Application filed November 25, 1889. herial No. 381,413. (No model.) Patented in Canada August 1, 1889, No. 31,851.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRANKLIN L. DOWN- END, of Halifax, in the county of Halifax, in the Province of Nova Scotia, in the Dominion of Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combination-Tools, (for which I have received a patent of the Dominion of Canada, No. 31,851, dated August 1, 1889;) and I do hereby declare that IO the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a front elevation of my improved implement. Fig. 2 is a side view of the same,

I 5 and Fig. 3 is a side view of the cutter decached.

My invention has for its object to combine in an implement, presumably a hammer or hatchet, a claw for extracting nails and tacks,

a corkscrew, and a cutter for opening cans, due, and my device may be used for many other useful purposes.

My invention consists in combining with a hammer or hatchet having a skeleton handle 2 5 cast integrally therewith an adjustable cutter sliding in the upper part of the handle, a corkscrew in the lower part of the handle, the handle terminating in a claw, and the head of the hammer or hatchet provided with a spike for centering the cutter, as hereinafter set forth.

A is the hammerhead, or hatchet, if desired, and B is a skeleton handle cast integral with the head, and said handle is cast with a 3 5 solid partition C near the middle. The upper division of the handle is occupied by a cutter D, pivoted between opposite sides of the handle by a bolt J, passing through the cutterhead and through the opening in the side of 4c the handle and extending therefrom, the extended end of the bolt provided with a thumbnut E, screwing thereon, to clamp the cutter to the side of the handle, so that when the nut is loosened the cutter will fold within the skeleton handle, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2, and be removed, whereby the point Will be protected from injury.

One end of the hammerhead-is provided with a spike F, and in opening a can the spike is inserted through the end of the can atthe center and the cutter worked around the can at the line where cutting is to be effected. The lower end of the handle is grasped by the hand in effecting the out.

The cutter when adjusted to the line of cut 5 5 is fixed by the thumbscrew clamping the cutter between the open bars of the handle, and when cutting is to be effected the blade D is projected outwardly from the handle, and when cutting has been performed the cutter is folded to shut the point of the blade between the bars of the handle.

G is a corkscrew located in the lower division of the handle, and preferablyitis pivoted between springs II II, which are secured in the open handle by screws or rivets I. These springs serve to retain the corkscrew closed, and are suitably notched at the free end for that purpose.

The lower end of the handle terminates in 7c a claw K, for prying out driven tacks and nails, opening boxes, and for other useful purposes.

I claim as my invention- The combination, with the skeleton handle I B, subdivided by a partition C and having a head A, provided with a spike F, of the cutter D, adjustable between the open sides of the handle, a headed bolt J, passing through said sides and cutter, and a thumb-nut E, screwing on the bolt and against the handle, whereby the cutter folds in and is clamped to the handle, as set forth.

FRANKLIN L. DOlVNEND.

\Vitnesses:

WILLIAM A. HEWITT, HERCULES HEWITT. 

